Celite Corp. v. Dicalite Co.’s Empirical Analysis
96 F.2d 242 · 1938
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 1991 · most notably Kemart Corp. v. Printing Arts Research Laboratories, Inc. (1953), Cutter Laboratories, Inc. v. Lyophile-Cryochem Corp. (1949)
17 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Diamond Rubber Company of New York v. Consolidated Rubber Tire Company · KVOS, Inc. v. Associated Press · Lovell Manuf'G Co v. Cary · Duer v. Corbin Cabinet Lock Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * In answer to appellant’s contention that the purpose of the North process was simply to remove organic matter and bleach the product, it is sufficient to state that, as the patented process in suit was disclosed by the North patent, it was anticipated by that process even though it be assumed that the North patent failed to state, and that North did not know, of the increased flow rate of the product produced. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““the exact nature of the physical or chemical changes involved or resulting from his process, if the product and the process are novel and useful.” »”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.